Overnight Summer Camps in the Sierra Mountains

Shady Creek Outdoor School and Event Center offers Shady Creek Outdoor School programs for 5th and 6th grade students. It also offers Day Programs, Day in the Forest, School Visit, Team Building, Birds, Creek Ecology, FitQuest, Forest Ecology,...

Camp Gold Hollow offers Summer Resident Camp, Day Camp, Counselor In Training Program, Teen Club 13+ @Gold Hollow, Family Camp, WoHeLo Family Camp, Fourth of July Weekend Family Camp, and Alumni Weekend. Summer Resident Camp includes swimming,...

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children offers Therapeutic Residential Foster Care with individualized treatment and holistic care for children who have been abused, abandoned, neglected, and homeless. It also offers Transitional Living, Pregnant and...

Sierra Outdoor School runs Summer and Weekend Camps where groups can host their own camp or retreat from June to August. The campus includes three basketball courts, volleyball, two amphitheaters, and ample trails that connect to the surrounding...

Lions Wilderness Camp for Deaf Children offers a camp experience where deaf children learn outdoor skills. The program includes time in nature, with activities centered on enjoying the wonder and beauty of the natural environment. • Ages: 7–15 years...

Sierra Mountain Music Camp is a choral and string orchestra camp that includes daily music rehearsals with award-winning directors. Campers take part in activities such as zipline, rock wall, arts and crafts, swimming in the pool, a 100-foot slip...

Sierra Nevada Journeys Outdoor Science Programs at Grizzly Creek Ranch focuses on outdoor science and science-based education programs. The program includes outdoor school through an Overnight Outdoor Learning program, one-day field science...

Lake Francis Outdoor Education offers place-based learning that focuses on science standards for K–4th grade. The program takes place at Lake Francis Resort, where students can spend the night in cabins before they attend longer 4- or 5-day outdoor...

Camp Hi-Sierra offers activities such as climbing a 50 foot climbing tower, archery, rifle, shotgun, black powder, cowboy action shooting, and blacksmithing at a real blacksmith forge. Participants can swim, row, and sail at the waterfront, and also...

Camp Victory offers traditional camp activities such as paddleboats, arts and crafts, mini-golf, swimming, lake swimming, boating, dances, and campfires. Traditional summer camp activities are modified so that all can participate, and children...

Camp Winthers offers hiking, swimming, boating, archery, disc golf, gaga ball, campfires, skits, overnight campouts, and a low-elements challenge course. Campers sleep on cots in tent cabins, and showers are available and highly recommended. Summer...

Jameson Ranch Camp has been screen-free and technology-free since 1934 — not as a policy, but as a philosophy. Set on a historic working ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Glennville, California, JRC is a two-week residential summer program...

Camp Wamp offers a variety of activities for children, including fishing, canoeing, singing around the campfire, hiking, and participating in survival challenges. The camp is located near North Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras, providing a scenic...